Tharwat al-Kharabāwī denounces the church’s and Lawyers’ Deputy Sāmih ‘Āshūr’s refusal to execute court rulings. He responds to Hānī Labīb’s articles, accusing him of confusing the civil state and theocracy. In his opinion all court rulings should be respected and executed even when people reject them. Opponents to a court ruling, al-Kharbāwī argues, can complain and appeal in legal ways.

The imām of the Islamic Center in New York spoke to al-Usbū c newspaper about Muslims who live in the West and believes that Western Muslims should work together to promote Islam and restore its image.

The author considers Pope Shenouda’s refusal to apply the Supreme Administrative Court ruling that allows officially divorced Christians to marry again a violation of the Constitution and calls on the pope to apologize. Moreover, he highlights a Christian school’s refusal to allow veiled students to attend.